Improved shoemakers  tool



, manner `set forth.

13M l 'mnh MICHALYWALPOLE, or MILFORD, MASSACHUSETTS.

'Leners Patent N.A 95,172, dated samba 2i, 18Go, f

iMPRovED :SHQEMAKERVS' Toor.;

The Schedule referred` to in these Letters VPatent and making part of the-same.

To `all whom it may con-cera: I Beit known that I, MICHAEL WALPOLE, of Milford, iu the county of Worcester, and State` of Massai chusetts, have nveutedi`eertain newand` useful Improvements in loolsfor Shoemakers Use; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and `exact description thereof, reference` being had t-o the accompanying drawingspendto the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specitication, in which the figure `in the annexed drawing` represents a perspectiveviewof l'ny invention.

Thenature of myinveution lconsistsin constructing a shoemakers pincers, the upper jaw 3f which is furnishedwith a projecting lip, and also,` in supplying the said` piueers with an i adjustable fulcrum, in the The letter A represents the body of the pincers. rb b designate the two jaws, which. are made coni vexo-concave, and serrated at their outer end.

The `lip d of the upper` jaw b is made to project a l .o little overl the lip of the lower jaw, for the purpose of `getting a better. grip; on thedeather.

Near the point where thetwo jaws are pivoted `gether, the jawb is furnished with the tongued sidepieces O D, the object of which will be hereaterexplaiued. y y

- I) represents the convexe-concave fulcrum, the'base o lof` which runs parallel with the ,side-pieces O O, and "l are grooved to receivethe tongues in said side-pieces.

a point where the jaws can The fulcruin D has a slot, extending from its base upward about half its length, the object of which is to admit of operating one of the screws which confine thebase e to the bed-piece g, the said bed-piece being attached to4 jaw b, near the point .where it is pivoted to jaw b.

The bed-piece g will'have severalV perforationaso that the fulcrunrD een befneved out orin, tol snit the purpose of the operator.

One of the advantages which I claim for my pin-v -cers is that 'when engaged in drawing the upper leather over the sole, the fulcrum can be adjusted at perform their function most successfully. r f

, Having thus described my invention, What I claim, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, isfo Y i v The adjustable fulcrum D,"arranged in combination :with pincers A, in the manner and for the purpose set forth.

Inv testimony that I claim the foregoingas my own, I aii'c my signature, in presence of two Witnesses. y s

` l MIGHAELWALPOLE.

vWitnesses. o V

GEO.' G. PARKER,r o y WM. H. Lo'rHRor. I f 

